TwittrAPI vs TwexAPI: Per Call vs per Item, Bulk Profiles, Speed (2026)

TwexAPI and TwittrAPI both sell access to public X data without an X developer account. TwexAPI bills credits for each tweet or profile it returns. We bill per call, whatever the call returns.

We run TwittrAPI. TwexAPI details below come from its own pages, checked on 19 October 2026. Each number links to its source.

At a glance (as of October 2026)

TwittrAPITwexAPI

Billing unitPer API callCredits per item returned; 100,000 credits per USD; a typical post or profile read is 5 credits^{as of Oct 2026}

Per 1,000 tweets, search and timelines$0.00325 to $0.005 (about 20 per call)$0.0416 to $0.05 per 1,000 tweets or profiles, depending on plan^{as of Oct 2026}

Per 1,000 profiles in bulk$0.00013 to $0.0002 (up to 500 per call by ID)$0.0416 to $0.05 per 1,000 tweets or profiles, depending on plan^{as of Oct 2026}

Per 1,000 single profile lookups$0.065 to $0.10$0.0416 to $0.05 per 1,000 tweets or profiles, depending on plan^{as of Oct 2026}

Account actions (post, reply, like, DM)One call each ($0.000065 to $0.0001)50 credits ($0.0005) per post, reply, like or DM^{as of Oct 2026}

How you payPrepaid balance, no subscriptionMini $20 once for 2,000,000 credits, valid 1 day^{as of Oct 2026}; Basic $50/month for 5,000,000 credits, Pro $99/month for 11,000,000^{as of Oct 2026}; Standard $100, Plus $199, Scale $499 and Power $999 once, credits that never expire^{as of Oct 2026}

Credit expiryBalance does not expireone-time credits never expire, monthly credits refresh each billing month; Mini is valid 1 day^{as of Oct 2026}

PaymentCrypto (USDT or USDC on Polygon, USDT on Tron, or Litecoin); card top-upscard, Apple Pay, PayPal or USDT^{as of Oct 2026}

Free to start$0.50 test credit, 7 days20,000 free credits for new accounts, no card required, valid 7 days at 0.2 requests/s^{as of Oct 2026}

Failed calls400, 407, 408, 409 or 5xx refundedfailed requests are not billed^{as of Oct 2026}

Rate limit30 requests/s after the first top-up; 50 to 1,000 booked; 3,000 on request0.2 requests/s on Starter, 5 on Mini, Basic and Standard, 10 on Pro, Plus and Lifetime, 20 on Scale, 30 on Power^{as of Oct 2026}

Account monitoringWebhooks; 1 account free (Standard, checked at least every 60 s)no account monitoring or webhooks listed in its API reference^{as of Oct 2026}

EndpointsReads across users, tweets, search, lists, communities and trends86 operations in its API reference, account actions included^{as of Oct 2026}

Write endpoints for your own accountspost (with media, a poll or a schedule), reply, like, retweet, follow, bookmark, mute, block, lists, communities, drafts, DMs, profile and media upload, with your X session cookie and proxy; same price per call as readsaccount actions (posts, replies, likes, follows, DMs, articles) with your own X session^{as of Oct 2026}

SDKs and pluginsPython, Node.js, Go; n8n, Make, Apify, LangChain, LlamaIndexSDKs for Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Kotlin, C#, Ruby and PHP, a CLI and a Terraform provider^{as of Oct 2026}; n8n nodes, Haystack and Prefect components, and plugins for OpenClaw, Hermes and Paperclip^{as of Oct 2026}

MCP for AI agentsHosted, sign-in with OAuth; also locala hosted MCP endpoint at api.twexapi.io/mcp^{as of Oct 2026}

AuthX-API-KEY headerAuthorization: Bearer header

TwexAPI's range runs from its largest one-time pack to its list rate; its own figure is about $0.05 per 1,000 reads on Pro^{as of Oct 2026}. Monthly plans count as if used in full. Per 1,000 tweets assumes 20 tweets per search or timeline call; TwexAPI returns up to 20 tweets per search page^{as of Oct 2026}.

Tweets: per call vs per item

TwexAPI charges for every tweet it returns, so a page of 20 tweets is 20 reads. On TwittrAPI that page is one call. At 20 tweets per call, 1,000 tweets cost $0.00325 to $0.005, about 8 to 15x less than $0.0416 to $0.05 per 1,000 tweets or profiles, depending on plan^{as of Oct 2026}. X decides the real page size, so measure with your own queries.

Bulk profiles

We return up to 500 profiles per call to GET /user/users/by/ids, so 1,000 profiles cost $0.00013 to $0.0002. TwexAPI bills each profile, in a batch too: several profiles by username in one request, $0.05 per 1,000 users^{as of Oct 2026}. That is at least 208x more per profile. For follower lists, lead lists or CRM syncs, this is the biggest difference.

One profile at a time is different. A single lookup is one call on TwittrAPI ($0.065 to $0.10 per 1,000), which is more than TwexAPI's $0.0416 to $0.05 per 1,000 tweets or profiles, depending on plan^{as of Oct 2026}. If you only look up profiles one by one, TwexAPI costs less.

Account actions

Posting, replying, liking or sending a DM is one call on TwittrAPI, at the same price as a read ($0.000065 to $0.0001). TwexAPI charges 50 credits ($0.0005) per post, reply, like or DM^{as of Oct 2026}, about 5x our Standard price. Both use your own X session for this (account actions).

Speed (measured)

We measured live, uncached requests for fresh accounts against both APIs from the same server:

Endpoint	TwittrAPI p50 / p95	TwexAPI p50 / p95
Profile by username	591 ms / 780 ms	592 ms / 842 ms
User timeline (by ID)	953 ms / 1,236 ms	1,166 ms / 1,510 ms
Search, Latest (from:account)	1,276 ms / 1,594 ms	1,302 ms / 1,975 ms

Measured by us on 2026-10-19: 23 to 25 live requests per provider and endpoint, a different public account each round, caches given time to expire, one request at a time, time until the full JSON response was read. Median (p50) and p95; lower is faster.

TwexAPI has user timelines by username, not by numeric ID^{as of Oct 2026}, so its timeline was requested by username. Its requests ran on a trial key, paced at half of the trial's rate limit.

Live numbers for TwittrAPI over the last 24 hours are on the status page.

Where TwexAPI is the better fit

More SDK languages, a CLI and Terraform: SDKs for Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, Kotlin, C#, Ruby and PHP, a CLI and a Terraform provider^{as of Oct 2026}.
Agent and workflow plugins: n8n nodes, Haystack and Prefect components, and plugins for OpenClaw, Hermes and Paperclip^{as of Oct 2026}.
No-code browser tools: no-code web tools: follower export, search by date, location finder, hashtag and trend monitoring, profile viewer^{as of Oct 2026}.
Single lookups: one tweet or profile per call costs less, $0.0416 to $0.05 per 1,000 tweets or profiles, depending on plan^{as of Oct 2026} against our $0.065 to $0.10.

Where TwittrAPI is the better fit

Tweets: $0.00325 to $0.005 per 1,000 at 20 per call, about 8 to 15x less.
Bulk profiles: $0.00013 to $0.0002 per 1,000, at least 208x less.
Account actions: one call each, about 5x less than TwexAPI.
Account monitoring with webhooks within 1, 5 or 60 s for any public account, 1 account free (Standard, checked at least every 60 s) (monitoring). On TwexAPI: no account monitoring or webhooks listed in its API reference^{as of Oct 2026}.
No subscription, no expiry: one prepaid balance that never expires.
Refunds on 400, 407, 408, 409 or 5xx responses.

Switching

Both take a key in a header and return JSON. Many TwexAPI reads are POST requests with a JSON body; ours are GET requests with query parameters. Map the paths and the fields you read; our endpoints are in the reference.

TwittrAPI is not affiliated with X Corp. Reading data needs no X account.

Frequently asked questions

Is TwittrAPI cheaper than TwexAPI?

For tweets and bulk profiles, yes: $0.00325 to $0.005 per 1,000 tweets and $0.00013 to $0.0002 per 1,000 profiles in batches, against $0.0416 to $0.05 per 1,000 tweets or profiles, depending on plan^{as of Oct 2026} on TwexAPI. For single lookups, one profile per call, TwexAPI costs less.

How do TwexAPI credits compare with TwittrAPI calls?

100,000 credits per USD; a typical post or profile read is 5 credits^{as of Oct 2026}. A call that returns 20 tweets is 20 reads on TwexAPI and one call on TwittrAPI.

Which one is faster?

We measured both from the same server; the medians are in the table under Speed. Live numbers for TwittrAPI are on the status page.

Do I need a subscription?

Not on either. TwexAPI sells one-time packs and monthly plans. We have a prepaid balance only.

Does either need an X developer account?

No. Both issue their own API keys.

TwittrAPI vs TwexAPI: per call vs per item, bulk profiles, speed (2026)